In the wake of the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11’s historic mission to the moon, recently de-classified official US documents showed that the moon landing, previously considered an outright success for NASA, had in fact seen ‘an unfortunate moment of forgetfulness in an otherwise meticulously executed operation’ leading to Melvin Haines, the fourth astronaut on the Apollo crew, being left behind on the moon’s surface.

Sociology lecturers and people with slightly too much time on their hands have expressed their deep joy at the first conspiracy theory being pulled out, unscathed, from ‘a deep well of implausibility.’

The world of the conspiracy theorist is abuzz today, after the Illuminati, a race of reptilian aliens that have been secretly ruling the planet by masquerading as the world’s leaders, admitted that they are struggling to cope with the workload.